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What is Understatement, Especially That in Which An Affirmative Is Expressed by The Negative of Its Contrary, As in "Not Bad at All." about?

Litotes is a rhetorical device where understatement is expressed through the negative of the contrary, such as saying "not bad at all" to mean something is really quite good. It emphasizes a point by deliberately understating it for effect, such as using double negatives for emphasis.

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